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Man pleads guilty after police say he fled and brandished what officers described as an airsoft gun
Summary
Jason Omari Simmons pleaded guilty May 20 to obstruction and related charges after officers said he ran from a domestic scene, jumped fences and displayed an object he later described as an airsoft BB gun while threatening self-harm. The court accepted the plea and imposed jail credit and a suspended fine.
Jason Omari (Lamar) Simmons pleaded guilty May 20 in State Court of Clayton County to obstruction and loitering/prowling counts after officers said he fled a domestic scene, jumped fences and produced what he later described as an airsoft BB gun.
Prosecutors told the court that in February 2025 officers responded to 7465 Davidson Parkway on a domestic-violence call with physical abuse. Officers observed Simmons walking near the incident and attempted to contact him; prosecutors said he fled, jumped fences and produced a firearm-like object while pointing it at his head. The police report recorded that Simmons indicated he would shoot himself in the head; officers described the object as an airsoft BB gun and said they did not retrieve it because the defendant could not specify where he left it.
The court accepted Simmons’s guilty plea to counts 1 and 2 and sentenced him to 12 months with 30 days to serve (credit for time served) and the balance suspended; the obstruction-related fine of $300 was suspended, the judge said, conditioned on no new law violations.
Judge Tammy Long Hayward asked for clarification about the gun and the prosecutor confirmed the report described the device as an airsoft BB gun and that officers were unable to recover it. The judge approved the plea and set the sentence to run with credit for time served.
